The Definition of Schadenfreude
Protein Wisdom opined thusly on the Spitzer cockup.
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he previously prosecuted — quite aggressively and publicly – several citizens for the “crime” of operating an adult prostitution business. That hypocrisy precludes me from having any real personal sympathy for Spitzer, and no reasonable person could defend him from charges of rank hypocrisy. And he should be treated no differently — no better and no worse — than the average citizen whom law enforcement catches hiring prostitutes.But how can his alleged behavior — paying another adult roughly $1,000 per hour to travel from New York to Washington to meet him for sex — possibly justify resignation, let alone criminal prosecution, conviction and imprisonment? Independent of the issue of his hypocrisy — which is an issue meriting attention and political criticism but not criminal prosecution — what possible business is it of anyone’s, let alone the state’s, what he or anyone else does in their private lives with other consenting adults?
See that? He paid f****ng $1000 per hour! Certainly that precludes any question of victimization, right? Leaving aside the issue of legality regarding an offense over which he gleefully prosecuted others with reference to criminal statutes . . . I mean, do you think he ought to be held to the letter of the law? Should he be treated more harshly because he was in a position of public trust, pledged to uphold the law? [snip]
No, he should be treated harshly for showing no fiscal responsibility (a Democrat foible). Paying some bimbo $5000.00 exhibits no common sense, it didn’t even buy silence.
For the charge of hypocrisy, having his johnson pounded flat on an anvil by a 3 pound lump hammer is light punishment.
Like most elitist clayfoot clowns, however, they never run for election on the prostitution platform. I don’t know why? If the public actions were compatible with personal morals, would not they be a shoo in to high office.
Worse, Spitzer’s problem doesn’t seem to be about getting dipped. He engaged in the activity called structuring, which he should know is quite criminal. He prosecuted many on Wall Street for similar missteps.
Let us clean up the political mess. The following steps make it easy:
- First a warm and fuzzy auto-de-fe.
- Then public crucifixions for all miscreants.
Where did I put my rack and sack of stones? And what’s with the stupid wife?
Archived in: Crime, Elliot Spitzer, Politicians, SchadenfreudeMarch 11, 2008 at 6:32 am | Trackback
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Protein Wisdom didn’t opine that. Greenwald opined that, and I reproduced his idiotic opinion for purposes of mockery.
The problem is he took down, in his usual holier than thou sanctamonious way, several high end hooker operations. He made many enemy’s, on both sides of the isle.
I have heard this particular escort company has ties to the Gambino’s. Don’t you think there is a risk of blackmail here? Drugs? Racketeering?
On a side note, people ask why he spent so much. I have heard in the past, from the Fleis trial, that celebs don’t pay for a girl to come to them for sex. They are actually paying for them to leave when it’s over.
Well, take-out is always a little more expensive, and usually taxable. Pizza deliveries across state lines aren’t cheap either.
Radio today, the usual assortment of commentary by Donks…such as the waste matter known as James Carville. His point was that only moralizing rubes can find fault with Spitzer.
Whenever I see the repulsive, amoral Carville, more’s the joy in seeing the Clintons reduced to a stain on the pages of history, because Carville…and Begala and Lanny Davis, and the other public sores they brought with them, won’t be able to find an audience at plumber’s convention unless its on the toilet dunk tank.
Then there’s Al Dershowitz making the case that Europeans wouldn’t bat an eye over Spitzer’s escapade. One of the shabbiest arguments in existence; the Europeans being also the people who brought us the joys of mass murder, totalitarianism, high unemployment , complicity with Islamic tyrannies, soft, morally subversive socialism, leaderless arrogance and 21st-century decline. I get it, Al. America is at fault. What an asshole.
How come none of these defenders promulgate the prostitution plank of the Donk platform. According to them, that should be the winning position. Isn’t everyone doing the step out?
I wonder what Mary Matalin would do to Carville’s face besides improve it, if he said “Get out here and stand by me while I explain this.”
These wives must take an oath of bondage to stand out there looking sheepish. Well, that’s what liberals do, abase themselves.
I don’t give a damn about Spitzer’s wife. She married the bastard, and stayed with him through all the power abuses. She probably knew about what The Post is claiming is at least ten years of this kind of thing…Silda Spitzer is a Harvard-trained corporate lawyer. She’llsuffer in luxury, but no doubt she loved being New York’s First Lady. Life is a lot harder for everyone else.
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